Melinda Stallings is the founder and CEO of The Positive Consultant®, a global consulting firm specializing in leadership development, conflict resolution, and workplace transformation. With over 25 years of experience in the practice of industrial/organizational psychology, she integrates positive psychology into consulting, executive coaching, and leadership training, empowering individuals and organizations to thrive. A sought-after keynote speaker and virtual summit presenter, Melinda has delivered powerful messages at Harvard, Carnegie Hall, NASDAQ, New York’s World Trade Center, and internationally across Europe and East Asia. She is also the Chief Disruptor of Disrupt HR Austin, where she fosters innovative workplace strategies. Melinda is the best-selling author of The Power of Positive Conflict Resolution, a transformational approach to workplace communication. Recognizing the evolving nature of the workplace, Melinda developed The Positive Approach to Leadership, a transformative hybrid seminar designed to bridge the gap between in-person and remote work, ensuring alignment, engagement, and productivity. Her mission is simple but profound: “To positively impact the world, one individual at a time.”

Becca Sherman is the Co-Founder & COO of Workweek, the platform for professional networks that is revolutionizing how business leaders connect, learn, and grow in their careers by integrating distinct personalities, deep professional expertise, and a vibrant community. Becca has spent the better part of the last decade in B2B media. Prior to Workweek, she was General Manager of The Hustle, a daily business newsletter that she helped grow from 300k to over 1M readers, and the Director of New Revenue at MarketerHire, a marketing talent marketplace where she focused developing and monetizing media. Today, she leads her hybrid team at Workweek from her home base in Austin, Texas.

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Roam

Howard Lerman is Founder & CEO of Roam. Roam is the Office Of The Future: AI Coworkers and People collaborating in a Virtual HQ with a full company visualization, presence, spontaneous drop-in conversations, video meetings, AI note taking, & AI Agents. From 2006 until 2022, Howard served as Founder & CEO of Yext (NYSE: YEXT) where he pioneered both the pay-per-call and business listings markets, leading the company from inception to IPO and beyond. From 2014 until 2021 Howard also served as Founder & Chairman of Confide, a confidential messenger used by millions and sold to IAC. In 2002, Howard served as Founder & COO of Intwine until its sale in 2005. While in college, Howard founded and sold JustATip.com. Howard holds a degree in history from Duke University and attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

With over 30 years of business experience including 10+ years managing M&A Integration, extensive employee and leadership change management, team training, global process standardization, and employee experience analysis, Tiffiney dove into the hybrid space and never looked back. She spent 2 years helping craft Cisco’s hybrid engagement strategy and now manages the employee experience of the distributed teams at Coursera. Tiffiney is especially energized by helping leaders find new ways to engage and inspire their teams by offering practical and easy to follow pathways to excellence. She holds to the motto, “Understanding is the first step” and aids leaders and teams in creating process and engagement models that target their specific needs in simple replicable ways.

Crystal O’Neill is the President of Seer Interactive, a 175-person digital marketing agency and certified B Corp. Since joining Seer in 2007—when the team was just a handful of people—Crystal has gained nearly two decades of experience across strategy, operations, and client service, particularly in SEO and paid media, which she led for nearly a decade. Today, she helps guide Seer’s growth as a remote-first organization grounded in purpose. She leads with intention and heart, bringing focus to the chaos of a fast-growing agency, a love of solving complex challenges, and a deep commitment to balancing business with a people-centric culture. Crystal is passionate about scaling companies that prioritize purpose, culture, and impact.

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